The National Medical Commission has ordered strict scrutiny of “fake patients” shown by the managements during physical assessment/inspection before sanctioning of new medical colleges or allowing increase in the number of Under Graduate and Post Graduate medical seats. NMC has invited applications for establishment of new medical colleges intending to offer undergraduate course and increase in the number of PG …
On May 31, 30-year-old R Manikandan from Thanjavur was scrambling to find an AB-positive blood donor for his friend’s wife who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital for cancer. Voluntary blood donors allege that this kind of fraud is on the rise across the state, but the police fail to take any action despite multiple complaints. In light of …
Crises loom over the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. On Thursday, Delhi's Lt Governor V K Saxena, who is also a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recommended a CBI probe into alleged fake lab tests and 'ghost patients' at mohalla clinics in the national capital. According to statement form LG's office, "grave" fraudulent …
